2014/07/31

Squatter MoMa at one of the abandoned buildings at Forum, one of the worst ideas of the local authorities and the symbol of the an speculative époque in Barcelona.

2014/07/30

Among my best friends I count some of my ex-professors. Today I meet two of them, Evelio and Josep Maria. I feel fortunate to have good relation with people you admire and always have something to teach you. This picture is a metaphor. A view of my philosophy faculty where I used to teach and research about cinema.

2014/07/29

Christians and muslims bars side by side from the point of view of the cinematheque bar.

2014/07/28

Summer tremendous storm at the sea. I run away by car.

2014/07/27

Recycle if you drink.

2014/07/26

A selfy of the last day of filming. The documentary is finished.

2014/07/25

Every year my car must be checked by this obligatory technical control. I noticed that this year in the invoice is stipulated a new tax, not only VAT, an unnoticed by citizens traffic one tax. That's the way the government takes from us more money for paying the suspicious financial debt. Every year more payments with the same salary. I can't be poorer than poor.

2014/07/24

Last day working at Sant Antoni neighborhood. After the summer we move to a new building. This quarter has a lot of memories for me, like the Urgel Cinema, where I was at the premier in Barcelona of Star Wars, Jurassic Park or Schindler's list, for instance.

2014/07/23

Today I spoke with my thesis director, the philosopher Manuel Cruz. The more I think, the more I am sure (and against of the popular believe) that philosophers are the most "realistic"people I know. We held a talk about transparency of information and how ideology hides behind it confusing us. We ended talking about the dialectics of erotism and pornography, and the construction of identity through identification. All the "trending topics" of my thesis. By the way, at Ramblas you can found those seeds: sex is everywhere. Fuck and forget!

2014/07/22

In the way of my work, there is a mural against AIDS of Haring (he died in 1990 because of that). In fact, this is a reproduction of the original that was painted very close but on other building wall which was demolished some years ago. Curiously, many years ago, I observed the same mural in the way of La Massana School of Arts where I was studying.

2014/07/21

Nice home for a gnome at this park in Malgrat de mar. Quite urban, in fact. A book on converse sneaker. That means hallucinatory mushrooms are old fashioned?  Vacation is not time for me to read, it's too hot. Today, already a month passed since I started this project.

2014/07/20

People abandon pets frequently and rapidly. In this pond we feed some Florida turtles. I think If you really love animals you should not have one, and of course then, abandon it. Let's them live wild and respect their natural environment. Our homes are not theirs homes.

2014/07/19

On camping at Montseny National Park. We found clean air, a river, even a snake. It was horribly tiring dealing with three kids out from city.

2014/07/18

Loading my old Polaroid with an "Impossible" cartridge because the north americans don't continue making original film. Results will be posted soon sure. I love that camera cause handling it I feel like acting in a performance. It's a pity the expensive cartridges. Instagram has no level to compare with.

2014/07/17

Looking for a sculpt of the catalan artist Subirachs at the railway station I found that message on a toilet door: "Please do not break the toilet and do not steal the paper, our effort deserves respect". It was written by taxi drivers, not like De Niro, more dangerous even. The sculpture seems to be removed, but where?

2014/07/16

Very often we prepare Mexican food at home. My wife and I agree that Mexico is one of the most interesting countries to know and to eat. We haven't been there for years but we dream to come back soon.

2014/07/15

The football bubble blow. Here a lot of national team stuff on sale at Carrefour. In capitalism systems nothing has the real price and at the end everything becomes a shit nobody wants.

2014/07/14

In one of the most popular streets of Barcelona, Sans, you can find a place with no time: the build and laboratory of Martí Bonet Berenguer, a Catalan that founded in 1916 the "Fotografia Daguerre", a business based on the famous inventor. There are still stills Daguerre style and old photo equipment. That's a quite loving place for an analogic guy like me.

2014/07/13

Bad evening for Messi. The best player without a Cup? I sounds like a misfortune.

2014/07/12

Beach day at Costa Brava means clear waters, diving, sun, sailing, fried squids and, of course, happiness for the youngest.

2014/07/11

Today I was once again at the Metamorfosis exhibition at Centre for Contemporary Art. It is dedicated to my devoted Starevich, Svankmajer and Quay Brothers. Surely, I will visit at least twice or three times more before its closing. I think I am mora than a simple fan of this kind of animation.

2014/07/10

My daughter gave me a present, a clapboard. So if children think I'm a filmmaker it means precisely that because they don't lie. This fact is at least curious because I only consider myself a filmmaker while making a film, the rest of time I don't.

2014/07/09

Barcelona is full of "empty spaces" which makes me remember the title of a book of Peter Brook. These places are a purgatory-like with no present, they had a past and a its future is being planed. When I look at them, they seem to stare at me uncomfortably, showing walls of fallen apartments and architecture overlapped. The "empty space" is a phantom place, a fourth theatrical wall of dust,  erased souls and urban rats. Sorry for the unstable frame, I took this picture from a moving bus.

2014/07/08

Near my workplace lyes Saint Anthony Market. A nineteen century building that is being reconstructed but not restored. Architecture seems not a kind of art since is modified for contemporary use. Do you think that the original Gioconda could be reconstructed for modern purposes?

2014/07/07

Usually, birds rest on these wires. Today was rainy and they flew away. Drops replaced them. Wings love sun like Icarus.

2014/07/06

Preparing soil for a tiny home garden.

2014/07/05

I had to come back to the shop where yesterday I bought a short because sizes do not fit standards. Note that the brown is 44 and is smaller than the 42 red. I wonder if that is a marketing trick or just inefficiency. 

2014/07/04

Every skipper knows that this kind of cumulus mean the end of a low pressure front. Probably it won't rain at least for 6-12 hours. Curiously, the tempest passed before sunrise at the same time when my father died this day 9 years ago. My balcony is a great place for observing the sky and predict whether forecast and of course for thinking too.

2014/07/03

I found the best "tapa" in Barcelona. I can't reveal where it is but it was composed by three different kinds of things: croqueta with romesco, escalivada with ventresca and ensaladilla. Sorry but it is not possible to translate it into other languages or words.

2014/07/02

July is for Sales in a consumption country. It looks like a rat race for taking the best offer first.

2014/07/01

Meeting with a myth, the german director Volker Schlöndorff. He made extraordinary films which I love very much. Photos that show people with closed eyes who work on image always fascinated me.